Performance

Monthly Listeners

Current

24.7K

24,741

Followers

Current

3.5K

3,503

Streams

Current

2.5M

2,536,491

Tracks

Current

215

215

Popularity

Current

171.1K

171,141

Listeners 24,741

Top Releases

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Flat-Picking Spectacular

1.3M streams

1,257,617

Fire On The Strings

434.5K streams

434,508

Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle ...

402.2K streams

402,164

Country Guitar Giants

314.2K streams

314,176

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Good Old ...

41.3K streams

41,306

King Of The Strings

25.5K streams

25,490

Greatest Hits

8.5K streams

8,509

Golden Gospel Guitar

8.5K streams

8,489

King Of The Strings

2.2K streams

2,191

Run That By Me One More Time

Biography

Joe and Rose Maphis were a popular husband-and-wife act in the late '40s and early '50s, singing traditional material backed by the amazing instrumental talent of Joe, who played everything with strings on it, especially the twin-neck guitar. The honky tonk anthem "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)" was their big hit. Until his death in 1986, Joe was a sessions instrumentalist, backing such stars as Rick Nelson, Tex Ritter, and Wanda Jackson. ~ David Vinopal, Rovi